MEETING AT TIMARU

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 245, 15 October 1937, Page 4

MEETING AT TIMARU

SOUTH CANTERBURY CLUB ARGENTIC SPRINGS SURPRISE [ Per Press Association. 1 TIMARU, Oct. 14. The weather was cold for the first dav of the South Canterbury Jockey Club’s spring meeting. The track was fast. The attendance was fair, and the totalisator handled £10,430. On the Saturday of the October meeting last year the turnover was £ll,BOO. KOsuits: — . Otaio Hurdle Handicap; li miles.— 2/3 Superex 9.6 (Hogan) 1, 5/4 Fireguard 9.11 (Beale) 2, 1/1 Silver Sight 10 5 (Ridgway) 3. Also: 3/5 Epns, 6/2 Chaste, 4/6 Top Rank 9.3 (fell), 8/8 Forum, 7/7 Arrow Glen. Head; head. Forum was fourth. Time, 2.43

’spring Stakes; five furlongs.-l/l Cocksure 8.10 (L. J. Ellis) 1, 5/2 Prince Flaneur 8.10 (Spratt) 2, 10/10 Steer Clear 8.10 (A. Messervey) 3. Also: 2/4 Combat 8.11, 4/3 Clemarch, 3/5 Elloughton Lad, 12/12 Fairlight, 8/9 Nuipai, 6/6 Pol Roger, 8/7 Phalanx, 7/ S Vallock 8.10, 10/11 Our Fal. Head; two lengths. Combat was fourth. , Washdyke Trot; 11 miles.-3/3 Policy (M. Holmes) 1, 1/2 Bing Crosby (E. J. Smith) 2, 13/12 Ace High "(J. Bryce, junr.) 3. Also: 2/1 Anna Wong, 19/18 Baron Silk, fo/16 Crusheen, 4/5 Four Square, 10/l< Joan Grattan. 7/6 Kilrea, 5/4 Lightning Lady. 17/8 Lord Zetland, 8/11 Maurice Chimes, 15/14 Marlene, 11/1Nelson McFarlane, 6/7 Resistance, 10. 9 Sylvie’s Best, 9/9 Scottish Bard, 16/19 Stamboul, 12/15 Wax Vestas. Head; three lengths. Lightning Lady was fourth. Times, 3.26 2-5, 3.22 3-5, 3.22 1-5.

Teschemaker Handicap. (Of £250; 11 miles.) 7/7—ARGENTIC 8.5, G. Watson 1 5/6—REBEL LAD 7.9, Wilson 2 3/3—LAST REFRAIN 8.3, Jennings " Also: 1/1 Queen Dorothy, 2/2 Davolo, 8/9 Night f orm 7.0, 9/8 Mount Vai 7.2, 4/4 Wild Career, 6/b Waitaki. Three furlongs from home the leaders were Waiiaka, Last Refrain, Rebel Lad, Mount Vai and Argentic. Last Refrain and Rebel Lad took charge into the straight, where Argentic came through and won by half a length from Rebel Lad, who beat Last Refrain on the post. Queen Dorothy was a length away, fourth- Time, 2.3. Tyhco Hack Handicap; six furlongs. 1/2 Ilithyia 8.2 (L. J. Ellis) 1, 6/6 Epic 7.7 (Hibberd) 2, 9/7 Rabble 7.2 (Watson) 3. Also: 10/11 Stratosphere 8.1, 5/5 Rodeur, 12/12 Heloise 7.10, 8/9 Allspice, 4/3 Amount 7.5, 7/8 Volo Dale 7.11, 2/1 Drink Up 7.0, 10/10 Scrap, 3/4 Parakino 7.7. Half a length each way. Rodeur was fourth. Time, 1.13. Kerrytown Hack Handicap; 1 mile and 35’yards.—1/3 Petersham 9.9 (A. E. Ellis) 1, 3/1 Pink Robe 7.12 (Doolev) 2, 2/2 Survey 8.7 (L. J. Ellis) 3. Also: ’ 4/4 Recollection, 6/6 Made Money, 5/5 Dropped Catch, 7/7 Private Bunsby. Half , length; two lengths. Made Money was fourth. Time, 1.42. Hadlow Trot; 11 miles.—s/5 Great Divide (McTigue) 1, 1/1 Ivy Peterson (F. I. Holmes) 2, 4/7 Twenty Grand (J. Bryce, junr.) 3. Also: 8/14 Ahuareka, 12/11 Bridget Borough, 6/2 Cyrano and Santa Fe (coupled), 11/9 1 Irish Aggie, 3/4 Lady Slipper, 2/3 Laurene Wood, 10/10 Norham Lady, 7/6 Old Faithful, 9/8 Stylish Boy, 13/12 Molly Direct, 14/12 Park Drive and Dusky Sound (bracketed), 15/15 Marsceres. Two lengths; half a length. Irish Aggie was fourth. Times, 2.49, 2.50, 2.50 1-5. Flying Handicap; six furlongs.— 5/5 Kinnoull 9.3 (Wilson) 1, 1/1 Rebel Mate 7.4 (Caddy) 2. 7/6 Invoice 7.2 (Hibberd) 3. Also: 3/4 Emissary, 6/8 Wino, 4/3 Araboa, 2/2 Pelmet, 847 Top Row, 9/9 Great Star 7.1. Pelmet was first to begin and led to the straight from Invoice and Araboa. Kinnoull moved up on reaching the straight and stalled off the challenge of Rebel Mate to win by a neck. Invoice was a length away and Top Row close up, fourth. Time, 1.12.

Pink Robe, who brought off a surprise success at Wingatui last Saturday, was formerly trained by J. S. Shaw at Riccarton, but was sold some months ago by Mr. A. Ferguson, of Dunedin, who also owns McHeath and Seafox. Pink Robe was bred in South Canterbury, her dam, Loch Tava, being by Frafton Loch from Oratava, by Kilcheran from Poltava, by Stepn'iak. Pink Robe appears to be the only one of his dam’s progeny to have raced with any success.